C-segment: Difference between revisions

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== Definition ==

The European segments are not based on size or weight criteria.<ref name= "EEC Merger Procedure">{{cite web |title=Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 -– Merger Procedure |website= www.europa.eu |url=http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/decisions/m1406_en.pdf |quote= exact market definition was left open .. boundaries between segments are blurred by factors other than the size or length of cars}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transportpolicy.net/index.php?title=EU:_Vehicle_Definitions|title=EU: Vehicle Definitions|access-date=25 August 2016}}</ref> In practice, C-segment cars have been described as having a length of approximately {{convert|4.5|m|ft|0}}.<ref>{{cite book |last=Meadows |first=Jordan |title=Vehicle Design: aesthetic principles in transportation design |date=2017 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781138685604 |pages=39–40 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ipU4DwAAQBAJ&pg=SA3-PA39 |access-date=29 September 2018 |quote= The [C] segment is around 4.5 metres long.}}</ref><ref name="Jacobs">{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1hTrCgAAQBAJ |page=33 |title=The new domestic automakers in the United States and Canada: history, impacts, and prospects |first=Andrew James |last=Jacobs |publisher=Lexington Books |year=2016 |isbn=9780739188262 |access-date=19 July 2017 |quote= 4) Compact— vehicles between 165 and 179.99 inches in length or equivalent to Europe's C-segment for cars.}}</ref> As of 2021 C-segment category size span from approx. 4.2m to 4.6m

Examples include Volkswagen Golf, Ford Focus, Citroen C4, Mercedes-Benz A-Class, Audi A3, Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla.<ref>{{cite web |title=European sales 2020 Compact cars |url=https://carsalesbase.com/european-sales-2020-compact-cars/|website=www.carsalesbase.com |access-date=29 March 2021|date=March 2021}}</ref>

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<ref>{{cite web |title= European sales 2020 Compact cars |url= https://carsalesbase.com/european-sales-2020-compact-cars/ |website=www.carsalesbase.com |access-date=19 March 2021|date=March 2021}}</ref>

'''200,000 -– 300,000 sales''' '''(Best-Selling)'''

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'''100,000 -– 200,000 sales'''

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'''50,000 -– 100,000 sales'''

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Jump in segment total sales after 2019. year is because premium cars are included.

From 2013-20182013–2018 premium cars had separate count, and are not included in mainstream total sales.

Premium brands and models are marked ''italic''.

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== Market share in Europe ==

2019 -– The compact car segment in Europe sees 5% fewer deliveries in 2019, as Europe’s #2 segment is down to 2.65 million sales, or 16.9% of the total European car market, down from 18% in 2018.

<ref>{{cite web |title=European sales 2019 Compact cars |url=https://carsalesbase.com/european-sales-2019-compact-cars/|website=www.carsalesbase.com |access-date=29 March 2021|date=March 2021}}</ref>

2020 -– Sales of compact cars in Europe are down 24% to 2.03 million in 2020, perfectly in line with the overall market. And while Europeans bought more small crossovers than compact cars in the first three quarters of the year, in the full-year score the pecking order is returned to “normal”, with an advantage of 17,000 sales for the compact class. This result is mostly due to a wave of VW ID.3 (self)registrations, especially in December. We expect small crossovers to become Europe’s #2 segment in 2021 by a large margin.

<ref>{{cite web |title=European sales 2020 Compact cars |url=https://carsalesbase.com/european-sales-2020-compact-cars/|website=www.carsalesbase.com |access-date=29 March 2021|date=March 2021}}</ref>

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=== 1970s ===

[[File:Morris 1300 MKIII 1974 - front.jpg|thumb|[[BMC ADO16#Mark III (1971–1974)|Morris 1300]] (1971-19741971–1974)]]

At the start of the 1970s, the two most popular sectors of the UK market{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} were small family cars and [[D-segment|large family cars]]. From its launch in 1962, the [[BMC ADO16|BMC 1100/1300]] was often Britain's best selling car;<ref>{{cite web |title=BMC 1100/1300 development story – the car that shaped 1960s Britain |url=https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/bmc-cars/1100-1300/ado16-development-story/ |website=www.aronline.co.uk |access-date=12 January 2019 |date=17 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Buyer's Guide BMC 1100 & 1300 / ADO16 Britain's best-selling |url=https://drive-my.com/en/retro-carss/item/2299-buyer-s-guide-bmc-1100-1300-ado16-britain-s-best-selling.html |website=www.drive-my.com |date=9 February 2016 |access-date=12 January 2019 |language=en-gb}}</ref> other locally produced compact cars included the [[Ford Escort (Europe)#First generation (1967–1975)|Ford Escort]], [[Vauxhall Viva#HA Viva (1963–1966)|Vauxhall Viva]] and [[Hillman Avenger]]. Imported small family cars that were popular in the UK included the [[Citroën GS]] and [[Nissan Sunny|Datsun Sunny 120Y]].

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=== 1980s ===

[[File:1981 Ford Escort GL, Ireland (17496006958) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Ford Escort (Europe)#Third generation (1980–1986)|Ford Escort Mk3]] (1980-19861980–1986)]]

The [[Ford Escort (Europe)#Third generation (1980–1986)|Ford Escort Mk3]] went on sale in the autumn of 1980, replacing the rear-wheel-drive saloon format of the Mk2 with a hatchback and front-wheel drive. (A saloon version called the [[Ford Orion]] was added in 1983.) Only in 1983 was the Austin Allegro replaced by the [[Austin Maestro]] hatchback. In 1984, the [[Vauxhall Astra#Second generation (1984–1991)|Vauxhall Astra Mk2]] hatchback/estate/cabriolet was released, alongside a saloon version called the [[Vauxhall Belmont]].

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=== 1990s ===

[[File:1990 Rover 216 GSi 1.6 Front.jpg|thumb|[[Rover 200 / 25#R8|Rover 200 Mk2]] (1989-19951989–1995)]]

Ford began the 1990s by replacing its 10-year-old Escort (and the Orion saloon version) with the [[Ford Escort (Europe)#Fifth generation (1990–1997)|Ford Escort MkV]]. In 1998, the European version of the Escort was replaced by the global [[Ford Focus#First generation (C170; 1998)|Ford Focus MkI]] model.